is with origosafe out of roanoke, virginia. so one of the companies here at ces on the hill is dish. jenna mcmullen, what's the technology? what are you showing members of congress? >> guest: we're showing them truly the home dvr system, and the brains of it is our hopper. the hopper itself you can record up up to 2,000 hours of television, but we're really showcasing things we've innovated this year including the super joey which adds two more tuners. so for families or tv binge watchers, they now have almost -- [inaudible] unlimited television to watch. >> host: what kind of questions are you getting from members of congress? >> guest: a lot of them are interested in how they can watch their local shows on the road, stay connect with the their local communities, and that's actually something we do have a solution for, and that's powered with our sling technology. the dish anywhere app on a tablet or iphone, members can stay connected with their local communities by watching their own television but on the go all through the p

it is a great loss for the roanoke community and for our country. and i thank the committee for allowing me to remember him for a few moments here. the gentleman from michigan served in the house of representatives and on this committee with congressman butler. i would love to recognize him for a few words. >> i thank you very much. so did zoe lofgren serve with him. i remember him very well. there are very few conservatives that i remember, going back that far, as clearly as i remember him because he was an impressive member of the congress. we exchanged views on a almost regular basis, but our friendship was never impaired by the different perspectives that we had on how government should run. so i join you, mr. chairman in observing and remembering a distinguished member of the house judiciary committee. i would like to yield to the gentle lady from california for any comments she might have. >> i appreciate you yielding, mr. chairman. i was a young law student working for congressman don edwards, also a member of the committee. i remember mr. bu

around richmond, roanoke, we have shower activity. an area of low pressure is trying to form down here. if it becomes strong enough it may bring moisture up. you see clouds around the region. you notice around philadelphia, new york city, back to pittsburgh. clear skies here. that's an area of high pressure suppressing all of the moisture to the south. if you're headed down to virginia beach over the next couple of days, cape hatteras, could be wet days for you. our region and our beaches are looking good. that's the good news here. future weather picks it up well. they have a chance of a shower tomorrow. i don't think we'll see that. around 5:00 in the afternoon, chance of showers in d.c. no. i wouldn't be surprised if they are around fredricksburg, culpepper, orange. maybe as far north as royal. most of us will be dry. same deal on sunday. if you're back toward the mountains, doing some camping back toward front royal you may run into showers back into this area. that will be about it. you know we'll have the latest on storm team 4.

all these experts said they could cure me, but they couldn't, until i got help from a clinic in roanoke, virginia that reteaches stutterers how to speak, that worked. i came out of treatment fluent. my speech is better than it used to be, i would play you my before and after tapes but they were lost in roanoke value, flood, we will look at someone else's before. >> the potential -- the -- p- portfoliop-pdifficultys. >> this one di guy invited my ia trip, it was supposed to be so romantic, he brings his mother. john: congratulations oil proving your speech, you are a model, and actress and having speaking parts now. >> yes, i have shot a lot of commercials and a film, i do a lot of work, which is awesome for hollywood. snow you also started a lot of experiments. >> i started speech class 8 years old, i tried all types of techniques, stretching every word together, i tried just talking into speaking out loud. talking to my dad. and then, went on. john: speaking of your dad, stutters runs in families, he stutters. >> my dad, my grand dad did. my cus ins do. -- cousins do, it has run in our

rain down towards the roanoke area. rain around charleston. we've also got those temperatures that are going to be a little cooler down to the southwest. places like stanton. only in the 70s with that cloud cover. could even be a few showers in and around the d.c. metro area tomorrow. don't be surprised about that. all in all a pretty good saturday, and right now it looks like a pretty good weekend too. as we move on through the next couple of days, one thing that we're going to be seeing is temperatures that will remain below average here. temperatures in the 80s. 86 on your sunday. sunday looking good. monday, 83. rather humid. then tuesday a temperature of about -- or, rather, temperatures in the 80s, but a chance for showers and thunderstorms on tuesday. some of those may even be on the stronger side. not bad at all. 86 on your wednesday, and then more great weather on thursday and friday. now, guys, i told you i was going under a little built latbu he is struggling. right now he is not in a good place. he is plus 7 in the tournament. >> t

half an hour from my home in roanoke when eating breakfast with my friend and neighbor joel shepherd 200 jr. furniture market, a rocky mountain retail establishment that began for arriving at the same time the import boom hit. as i type i am sitting in a recliner my husband and i still fight over because it is the most comfortable seats in our house. i remembered joel showing it to me, despite what i might have heard, a swarm of high school wrestler is could in one another on this chair and it would not fall apart. with a friendly neighbor discount i got $160. i invited joel to breakfast to pick his brain. i was working on the impact of globalization on southwest virginia company towns some articles inspired by the work of freelance photographer in jerrod story was making the all along trek from roanoke to martinsville. the photos were gritty and moving. church services and tattoo artists, conveyor belts, disabled minister named leonard y. lin away the time in his kitchen in the middle of the afternoon. the people of martinsville were refreshingly open about what happened to them and

i would play you my before and after tapes but they were lost in the roanoke valley flood. so let's take a look at someone else's. >> why not the potential -- the potential -- the potential -- >> just a few years later, she was a regular on a tv game show where she spoke fluently. >> this one guy invited me on this trip. it was supposed to be so romantic. >> congratulations on improving your speech. you're a model, an act rhett, able to have speaking parts now. >> yes. i've shot a lot of commercials. i shot a film and i do a lot of work which is awesome for hollywood. on you also tried a bunch of experiments. >> did i. i started speech class at 8 years old. and i did all type of techniques. like they wanted me to stretch every word together. so everything sounds the same. i've tried talking to my dad. >> stuttering does tend to run in families. he stuttered. >> my dad does. my granddad did. my cousins do. about 5% of children go through some period of stuttering. most of them recover on their own by late childhood. about 1% don't grow out of it. four times as many men as wo

he served in the virginia house of delegates from roanoke. served as the minority leader from 1966 to 1971. he was a friend to everyone who knew him. he will be badly miss ed. it is a great loss for the roan oak community and our country. i thank the committee for allowing me to remember him for a few moments here. the gentleman served in the house of representatives and on this committee with congressman butler, and i would love to recognize him for a few words. >> thank you very much. and so did i serve with him. there are very few conservatives i remember going back that far as clearly as i remember him. he was an impressive member of congress and on almost a regular basis our friendship was never impaired by the different perspectives on how government should run. i join you, mr. chairman in observing and remembering a distinguished member of the house judicioary committee. and i would like to yield to the gentle lady of california for comments. >> i was a young law student and i remember mr. butler very well. he was a person we all admir

you can see it from charleston south toward roanoke right now approaching charlottesville.i want to take you on doppler 9000 a little tighter here. here's i-64. most of this is tracking east. we have a little bit of it to go north. fredricksburg, quantico, southern maryland, the northern neck, i think you have a decent chance for a shower this afternoon. even futurecast having a tough time following this. it does develop some of this activity toward the northern neck and st. mary's county as we get 5:00, 6:00. in the evening hours, a couple of showers from north of leesburg to montgomery county, the district, and also stretched out across i-66 there in fauquier county toward manassas and la plata. we do have that threat later this afternoon and this evening. it's important because we've got a couple of things going on like a preseason game with the redskins and the browns. there's going to be that threat for a passing shower. it certainly will be warm enough. game time temp about 80 dropping into the mid-70s there for the second half. and the nats also have a home game so w

only the 60s in roanoke. 66 where it's been raining all day. 57 in germantown. 73 in manassas. again, they had the showers and clouds early. reagan national cloudy, light rain, 79. dew points in the upper 60s. here comes that moisture, by the way, continuing to stream in. with this frontal boundary here over the weekend, yes, we're going to be looking at the threat for showers and storms on and off through the weekend. i'm going to keep a yellow alert up, even tomorrow tomorrow is not as bad as today or sunday. we'll just keep it up. 80'ish today. tomorrow 81, a few showers. if you haven't downloaded the wusa9 weather alert, you can download it, take it with you. next week we're warming up and drying out. we'll be in the 90s by tuesday. michael? >> thank you, howard. >>> appetite suppressants up. roaches, mouse droppings, no running wate >>> in today's restaurant alert, a complaint about live roaches at one place. no running water at another and mouse droppings at the next. here's investigative reporter russ ptacek. >> reporter: we start with the spring mill bread company. they

see this cluster of showers south of roanoke?ecast predicts those showers will graze the lower parts of the northern neck of virginia and southern maryland, but i don't see that. so here goes off into the delmarva beaches. that could be impacted. you could see rain in ocean city, rehoboth as we head through tonight. here come those wind out of the southwest to help warm things up saturday. sunday is when the humidity starts to come back. notice a few showers developing just in time to head to services sunday morning. most of the heat and humidity building will produce those thunderstorms in the afternoon and i think that 9 futurecast is overdoing this a bit, but make sure you know we could see some thunderstorms in the afternoon on sunday, more arriving monday. overnight tonight we're looking at a pleasantly cool night with 53 to 62 overnight lows, winds out of the west 5 to 10 miles per hour. 60s and 70s tomorrow morning, mostly sunny skies, a great start to the day. it's going to be a touch warmer tomorrow afternoon with highs

. >> meg smith is with origo safe out of roanoke, virginia. one of the companies here at c.e.s. on the hill is dish. what is this showing members of congress? >> we're showing them a d.v.r. system and the brains is the hopper. the horpe itself can record up to 2,000 hours of television, ughly six shows, but we're showing things we've been able to innovate this year. it can record up to eight shows at once. o for families or tv binge watchers, they now have almost unlimited amount of television to watch. >> what kinds of questions are they asking? >> how they can watch their local shows while on the road and connect with their local community. we do have a solution for that. that's sling technology. with sling on a tablet or iphone, members can stay connected with their local communities by watching their own television but on the go all through the power of the internet. >> if someone had an i pad, they could watch a local television channel anywhere in the united states? >> that's right and that's very important for staying connected with different issues and being connected wi

don't determine it's a pretty simple process let's say you're a police chief of a small town like roanoke rapids north carolina sixteen thousand people live there all they really have to do is apply online there's a one page form they say we want to end up in the pentagon is able to give away almost twenty thousand rounds from the war zone from iraq and afghanistan if given maybe a thousand so far along with one hundred thousand sold weapons but it's pretty simple process there's not a needs assessment there's very little accountability after they get it and they have to use it with so you mean there's no justification that a police department has to put forward for needing a tank correct so you see towns across the country getting equipment that they actually don't even need for example a small town in georgia getting in boats and scuba gear but there's no water nearby so there's no needs assessment whatsoever why do they get it why do they believe they need this. that's arguable as. why they think they need it perhaps they want to show off their toys you see a lot of pictures across the

later in the evening, some of the rain around roanoke, virginia will make its way up toward our area. the weather headlines, evening showers. you are going to need the umbrella if you are going out. more weekend rain, yes. it is going to be heavier for some. i'm show you the impact it's going to have on the area. of course, we'll talk about the impacts of bertha, also. >> thanks. you can stay ahead of the weather with the storm team 4 weather app. >>> well, it's been entertaining at times and at times salacious in the courtroom with the corruption trial of former virginia governor and his wife. johnny williams, the star witness for the prosecution has been grilled about his relationship with the mcdonalds, including his exchanges with them over text and e-mail. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey joins us live from the courthouse in richmond with the latest today. julie? >> reporter: well, the johnny wiiams we are seeing on the stand is different than the star witness we saw being questioned by prosecutors yesterday. the difference, he's answering defense questions. he repeate

a couple reports from roanoke park.message on facebook. i posted outstanding pictures from severe weather photographer. for us we have a little cooler pattern today. high clouds. most of those north bay. south bay looks to be mostly sun isny. the clouds are what is left of what was hurricane marie still kind of floating around there. the fog banks a little thicker here making a stronger push. 59 half-moon bay. 59 novato. fair field always the key. 50s and 60s some of the higher elevations. but calistoga is 54. 56 petaluma. had gusts to 30 plus out at travis. a little south wind at concord. westerly oakland and westerly napa. water temps are still mild to warm. if we can get a northwest breeze we can drop these back into the 50s. 62 reno. 62 sacramento. 61 ukiah. everyone is pretty close there as well. you can see with the higher cloud. these may take the edge off some of the temperatures because we will have less sun. we will have have is a partly to mostly cloudy sun break. temperatures coming down with morning drizzle

there have some showers showing up here from near roanoke and west virginia. no hunger and lightning. also farther north and west of there, that whole area gradually moving its way toward the metro area. by 10:00 this morning, just a few high clouds coming in. and then by noon, that rain begins to arrive western maryland and southern shenandoah valley. not until this evening, late evening, between around 9:00 and 11:00, we'll have the rain arriving in our western and southern suburbs. a look at our rain chances each day this week, that is coming up at 6:21. alexis, having a few problems this morning? >>> we're dealing with a car fire on the in-aner loop at rou 7. not causing any delays, but you want to use caution. move over and give them plenty of room. elsewhere in virginia, 95 northbound coming up out of prince william county, we have a two mile delay starting right around mile marker 158. no major incidents reported in the area, but you do want to watch out for that delay, 29 miles an hour as you are approaching the mebeltway. >>> smoke and flamesoung fr a

a couple accused of running rampant in roanoke and breaking into houses. and tiffany bolt are linked to three burglaries. detectives tracked down the couple earlier this week but joshua took off. he's on the run now and possibly armed. his wife was booked in jail on a list of charges. investigators say she had a stash of stolen property. >> we have a line of storms moving through the area. are they going to move quickly amelia? >> for the most part they are going to be out of the area by about 7:00, 7:30. you can see rainfa falling over the jefferson memorial here. this is the line and we've been tracking it all afternoon. steady rain moving through the district but further west and to the south, heavier activity and again this is out of washington by about 7:30. so the nationals game will be just fine. closer look here what we're seeing inside the beltway. everybody seeing at least steady rain. heavier rain make it's way to brad dock and heavier rain moving through the heart of the city in the next 15 minutes. notice the brighters colors here on the radia

we are jumping into the upper 60s to low 70s down in roanoke and richmond. that is where we see the thunderstorms and showers, eventually that will push in from the south and west. 76 at 8:00 tonight and stars and clouds from 9:00 to 10:00 with temperatures back into the lower 70s. as we look ahead at the accuweather forecast, north warm day tomorrow for wednesday and unsettled on thursday, with the humidity increasing and by the weekend we dry out and we are talking about cool temperatures for august, we'll let you know how cool they will get in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. >>> while the taney dragons get ready for their next opponent in the little league world series, the entire region is grabbing up all the team gear they can find. triple play sports in south philadelphia, on christian and ninth, can you see a sign paying tribute to taney before you walk in. it's stocked with shirts and team gear, they have had to cut back on internet ordering because they can't keep up with the demand. if you are in the area, the store is stocked. we

mostly cloudy, no rain in our immediate area just yet, but there are rain showers lifting north of the roanoke area and steadier across far southwestern virginia generally lifting authority bound. so t northbound. so rain chances increasing later this morning and this afternoon. bus stop weather, back to school today, temperatures mid to upper 60s. mild and humid. umbrella may not be required, but i'd go ahead and have it. temperatures today climbing into the mid and upper 80s. it will be a steamy one. smart kids not only go you have your umbrella, you're also downloading our weather app, as well. some plac some places in traffic getting better, eothers worse. >> yes in, bethesda being rock ledge and rock spring drive, two vehicles, one out of the screen, both being pulled out of the way here shortly. 295 north at benning road, lanes now open. police activity off to the right. 66 headed into town, a little slow as you hit centerville and then opening bag ck up which is what we love to see. prince george's county side of things looking good. no major issues there. remember to tweet us any accid

it's in lynchburg and roanoke and all tracking again toward us. so we have this to look forward to. i'm not sure it's going to be as intense as what we're seeing south of here but certainly with all the rain down here, i can't ignore it even though some of the models are yes and some of the models are no. richmond, williamsburg, there's some yellows and oranges. heavier rains moving into charlottesville almost to fredricksburg, on the west side of fredricksburg. lighter showers toward southern maryland. northern neck seeing showers on and off. this goes around to oxford. huntingtown over toward shady side, north beach, chesapeake beach seeing a few lighter showers. waldorf south 301 through la plata, nanjemoy. in d.c. we've got plenty of clouds, a break or two. the sun came up a few minutes apg. we're not really going to see it -- minutes apg. we're not really going to see it today. temperatures will be down in the upper 70s and low 80s. got to 89 yesterday with the sunshine after the nice cool days we had tuesday and wednesday. this morning isolated 50s but more 60s and 70s. so the

according to gasbuddy.com you can find gas below $3 in the roanoke area. if you want to see where the cheapest gas is in your area, go to wjla.com for a convenient gas tracker. >> that will be handy as we approach the holiday weekend. >> absolutely. >> let's see what's coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. >> gordon peterson is joining us in the newsroom with a look ahead. >> tonight at 6:00, bad news for thousands of drivers who are affected by the road work slowing a major thoroughfare to a crawl, and. >> i ask you to please release my child. >> that's a mother's plea to terrorists holding her son hostage and why one special ops expert says why recent american interaction may be making the problem worse. >> we'll be live from richmond with tension in the corruption trial of bob mcdonnell. tens in the household. >> we'll see you shortly, thank you. >> there's a lot of-tension when it comes to the redskins because time is running out. >> they're on their way to florida now and rg3 and the starters are going on vacation in florida. redskins just left for tampa ba

light to moderate rain from roanoke and martinsville all the way down across south side virginia.towards the norfolk/virginia beach area, those raindrops are headed for the outer banks. at the outer banks it will be a bit of a washout. our beaches, ocean city to rehoboth look awesome. our rain chance map, low chances around here. i can't rule out a five or ten-minute shower. but it won't be a washout. no cancellable-level rainstorms for us, better chance from quantico to fredericksburg, out towards washington, virginia. as we go through the day, there's a little ribbon of rain chances near fredericksburg, stafford and quantico. kind of washes back to the west. so central and southern parts of the shenandoah valley, a little chance for a few light rain showers. 8:00 tonight, a couple of raindrop chances prince william and fauquier county. it's a full moon late tonight into early tomorrow, the super moon, the biggest full moon of the year. unfortunately, a lot of clouds to deal with in our skies. so not t best viewing for the super moon. all right. headed on down to the chesapeake b

these experts said they could cure me, but they couldn't until finally i got help from a clinic in roanoke, virginia, an intensive three-week program that reteacher stutterers how to speak. i came out of treatment fluent. not entirely fluent. as you just heard i still stutter sometimes. but my speech is much better than it used to be. i would play you my before and after takes from the clinic but they were lost in the row an oak valley blood. there's look at someone else's before tapes. >> one of the potential -- the potential -- one of the potential difficulties -- >> just a few years later she was a regular on a tv game show where they speak flew wently. >> this one guy invites me on this trip. it was supposed to be so romantic. then he brings along his mother. >> she joins us now. congratulations on improving your speech. you are a model and actress. >> i am. able to have speaking parts now. >> yes, i have done a lot of commercials and i shot a film and i do a lot of work which is awesome for hollywood. >> and you also tried a bunch of experiments trying to help>> i started speech class

you can see that around roanoke and charleston. that brings the rain in towards virginia. of that will stay west and south of d.c. an area of high pressure to the north should help to keep that down to the south. now, 85 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow. 83 in gathersburg. a nice day, but once again, more clouds. especially down in our southern zones during the day. as you move on through the next couple of days, this is what you would expect here. we are going to seeing the temperatures that will be rising to around 86 on sunday. more sunshine around the d.c. metro area. parts of maryland. that puts southern maryland around fredericksburg. a few clouds on sunday, but a high of 86. more humid on monday and tuesday. high temperatures in the loy lowe to mid 80s well below average. average high around 87. one more time, you notice that most o week will be below average. we continue on this very nice trend. you have a chance for storms coming up on tuesday. maybe even a couple of stronger storms. there's that plate of ribs, guys. right there. the line is pretty long, bu

you'll see the the rain down near roanoke, virginia right now.ome of that will sneak into southern delaware by the end of the day. 84 degrees yesterday. eighty-one. a perfect day, on saturday, and it was, so, so, nice, 66 degrees right now, as we start to see the beginning of the sunrise but it is not official until 6:16, this morning. and then 68 percent relative humidity. that is not bad. temperature of 50 in mount pocono. fifty-six over in lancaster. down in wildwood, 66 degrees. eighty-four for a high temperature today with mostly sunny skies and a few clouds, around this afternoon. the that is your forecast, from the weather authority. now monday morning, let's see what is going on, be alert, of a construction on the new jersey turnpike, in the southbound lanes of route 206, exit number seven, the right lane is blocked there, until 7:00 this morning. also use caution, on the the roosevelt boulevard, between ninth street and southampton road because they are remilling and repaving that part of the roadway, and it will slow you down this morni

south and west of roanoke we'll look for showers and storms. if your weekend travels take you down i-81 toward perhaps bristol or knoxville. as we head toward saturday morning, the humidity returns. a couple of showers south. then in the afternoon look out here in the west and down richmond, maybe sneaking into fredricksburg and warrenton but the best chances will be west and southwest of washington by saturday afternoon. cristobal is out in the atlantic. it's past bermuda moving to the northeast. the recommend fans of crist -- remnants of cristobal could affect iceland. less humid. 50s and 60s tonight. tomorrow 85 in town. low 80s north and west. 90 on saturday with the afternoon storm threat mainly west. sunday through tuesday low 90s, humid with the afternoon thunderstorm. its 6:19. here comes monika samtani and of course the 6:00 hour, of course more problems. >>> really big problems unfortunately. there's an accident. we're hearing that multiple vehicles are involved on the outer loop of the beltway before georgia avenue. if you're plannin

the man who led the crusade against war was from virginia, representative john randall from roanoke. he argued, how can you take up arms against people who share the same line which, blood, religion, habeas corpus, representative government, and even [indiscernible] ? calhoun was not going to have any of this. he did not share any of randolph's emotional attachment to the former colony. he replied great indeed must be the reason for going to war if so much bound us together in the past. in the summer of 1812, a bitterly divided congress declared war on britain. for two years, it was a distant rumble on the canadian frontier. if you lived in washington and did not read the newspaper, you might not have known was a war going on. but in 1814, napoleon fell. anxious american diplomats in europe warned james madison's government to free up thousands of additional troops for the war against america. but the capital remained undefended. war, johnary of armstrong, was one of those characters that history throws up time and time again, people that believe their judgment is best for everybody

and then she met her beloved husband and now her two children she worked for the roanoke times telling stories about the us that have helped us know each other better than we ourselves. journalists are supposed to be objective but photojournalist mary bishop who is here tonight. [applause] told her it is okay to carry about -- care about the people you interviewew och into care about their story. "factory man" is not religious but it is taking place in church settings doing the right thing regardless of the cost about real's human beings and they're all too human frailties. and when they did treats each other with grace and humility this is about to do is related to the gloom and big industry but most of all this book was about what it means to live in community. so please join me to welcome beth macy. [applause] >> i am already tearing up. that is not good for you. i will read three passages from the giddy and then from the end and then the middle but it is good to introduce you to john. i will start with chapter one there is a prologue that proceeds it with that watershed moment 2002

industry is told in the new book, "factory man", by beth macy, who began it while a reporter for "the roanokees." >> i had initially set out to tell the story in martinsville and henry county of what had happened to 19,000- 20,000 workers that had lost their jobs. >> brown: what she saw were places like bassett, virginia where between 1989 and 2007 seven furniture factories closed. >> there was one day kind of late in my reporting where i was driving home from bassett, and i just found myself in tears. in tears. not anything particular had happened that day, but i had just interviewed so many people and had witnessed so much destruction, like i'd seen those plants get taken down month after month after month. >> brown: but macy also had a more uplifting story to tell. and it also was named bassett-- john bassett the third. >> he's this incredible character, he's relentless, he's wealthy, he doesn't have to do this, so what are his motivations? >> i was born in a furniture family, my grandfather was one of the founders of the bassett industries of 1902, my father was chairman of the board of b

1860 called "how to enjoy life" connected allen's observations to the rhetoric of john randolph of roanoke. randolph was a virginia congressman, he died in 1833, and he had been dependent on opium for a very long time. cornell suggested that randolph's what could be -- wit could be attributed to his opium use. may we not conclude that many of those retorts which petrified his hearers come over to the halls of congress with laughter, originated in the stimulus of this potent drug? whereas the racial aspect focused on how the drug affected different users. gender helps to explain why certain people use opiates more than others in the first place. well-to-do women were especially likely to become addicted, and some antebellum social expressed concern in what they thought was a trend. these were painkillers, they can help a person sleep, but they also help with anxiety. as bill noted, it was unseemly for a woman to be bringing alcohol, opium however was seen as a medicine. as a consequence, it was and began woman could use to relax, to allay her concerns without appearing to violate any social